England World Cup exit is good news for Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City

Coming to America: Liverpool's Gerrard and Johnson will now feature in more of the Reds' US tour (Image: Clive Rose)

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Liverpool’s pre-season plans have been boosted by England’s World Cup ­humiliation.

Brendan Rodgers expected to be without Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge, Raheem ­Sterling, Jordan Henderson, Glen Johnson and new £8million signing Rickie Lambert until the end of July.

But England's failure to progress beyond the group stages means they will be heading home from Brazil straight after Tuesday night’s game against Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte.

And that means Rodgers can give his England contingent a four-week break before the Reds embark on a pre-season tour of the United States.

Last season’s Premier League runners-up begin their ­preparations with a trip to face Brondby on July 16.

They meet Roma in Boston’s Fenway Park on July 23, before facing Olympiakos, Manchester City and AC Milan in the ­International Champions Cup.

All six of Liverpool’s England party – and Spain’s goalie Pepe Reina – will now be able to play a more prominent role on the tour, both on and off the pitch.

Manchester ­United’s new manager Louis van Gaal has also been given a helping hand by the failure of England and Spain to make the last 16 in Brazil. Wayne Rooney will get a chance to impress his new boss ahead of schedule, with England team-mates Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling.

Van Gaal’s reign begins with a game against LA Galaxy two days later, before they face Roma, Inter Milan and Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup.

United will also hope to have Southampton’s Luke Shaw in their ranks, with negotiations about the full-back’s proposed £27million transfer set to be stepped up now that England have been eliminated.

Premier League winners Manchester City – already boosted by the omission of Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas from Spain’s squad and the failure of Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy to make France’s selection – will have Joe Hart, James Milner and David Silva back sooner than expected.

Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Hull, Stoke, West Brom, and newly promoted QPR will all benefit from the group stage exits of England, Spain, Cameroon, Australia and Honduras.